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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) »
Arthropoda (phylum)
» Malacostraca (class)
» Decapoda (order)
» Majidae (family)
CAAB Code :
28 880011
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Scientific Name and Authority :
Schizophrys aspera
(H. Milne Edwards, 1831)
Rank : Species
CAAB category :
28 -
Crustacea - Malacostraca Malacostracans: isopods, amphipods, euphausiids and decapods (prawns, lobsters, crabs, etc.)
Family :
28 880 Majidae (spider crabs) - show full list
Common Name : red spider crab
Common Names List : red decorator crab red sea toad
Organism Type : a spider crab
Taxon lists :
Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat :
Marine unspecified
Parent Codes :
28 880977
Schizophrys spp.
Identifiers :
Australian Faunal Directory (AFD)
urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:8b7d9466-f5e0-46de-b395-95a021795c10
Name status: accepted
Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
World Register of Marine Species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:210145
Name status: accepted
Checked on: 2019-01-11
View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS)
(report and map of occurrences )
Record source :
Davie, P.J.F., 2002. Crustacea: Malacostraca: Eucarida (Part 2): Decapoda - Anomura, Brachyura. In: Wells, A. Houston, W.W.K., Editors, Zoological Catalogue of Australia. , 19.3B . CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 641pp.
Scientific Name verified against :
Lee, B.Y., Low, M.E.Y., Ng, P.K.L., 2018. A nomenclatural review of the genus Schizophrys White, 1848 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Majoidea: Majidae)., Raffles Bulletin of Zoology , Vol. 66: 12-22.